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His new footage, taken in January, shows Palm Jumeirah, Sheikh Zayed Road and other parts of the city, all of which are now bustling with life again. “It was such a nice feeling,” Moukarzel tells The National. “In April 2020, you could park your car on Sheikh Zayed Road to fly the drone – it was that empty. But now, it is back to what it looked like before the pandemic. It’s incredible to see that people feel confident about going out.” Moukarzel's work unsurprisingly slowed in 2020, with fewer shoots, no gatherings and not much production work happening, but by October he could see the city coming back to life.
SHARE 2020 has been a year when many of us were glued to our screens – working, Zooming, doomscrolling – as we saw a world changed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Along with other industries, the art world turned to the online realm to keep things going. At the same time, artists and photographers also documented and reflected on the challenges of our time, providing comfort and bringing new ideas for many. Here, we have rounded up six works that truly captured the ups and downs from the year. eL Seed’s Zoom artwork Before 2020, the video conferencing tool Zoom may have been of little use to most of us. This year, we were inundated with invites to work meetings, gatherings, classes and catch-ups.